- Lowest socioeconomic environment I’ve seen.
- People live in huts, hand wash their laundry, the 7/11s are shacks with snacks hanging from it.
- People walk miles to go to school. Little kids sell goods in the street.
- It’s difficult to attract foreign dollars when you lack resources, the infrastructure to produce resources of value, or naturally beautiful sites to attract tourists.
- There is one paved road that goes from the bottom of the island of Palawan to the top.
- And yet, people are really genuinely happy here.
- Education has a huge emphasis. People will have 3 by 2 posters of their children who have graduated from school.
- Not speaking English is a huge disadvantage, speaking English is a huge advantage.
- NEVER go near sand fleas. (They come out when the sun goes down.)
- Rice is a staple, breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
- It is so beautiful here, people come from all over the world to witness the blue water and neighboring islands.
- The Philippines is potentially the Chinese version of Mexico, being only 4 wish hours from Shanghai.
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Elizabeth Beeli 